This list provides a general view of the skill set required to successfully complete the specified certification exam. Topics listed are subject to change.
- Layer 2 Switching and VLANs
- Spanning Tree
- Layer 2 Security
- Protocol Independent Routing
- Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
- Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS)
- Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
- Tunnels
- High Availability
Layer 2 Switching and VLANs
- Describe the concepts, operation, and functionality of Layer 2 switching for the Junos OS
- Enterprise switching platforms
- Bridging components
- Frame processing
- Describe the concepts, benefits, and functionality of VLANs
- Ports
- Tagging
- Native VLANs and voice VLANs
- Inter-VLAN routing
- Configure, monitor and troubleshoot Layer 2 switching and VLANs
- Interfaces and ports
- VLANs
- Routed VLAN interfaces (RVI)
Spanning Tree
- Describe the concepts, benefits, operation, and functionality of the Spanning Tree Protocol
- STP and RSTP concepts
- Port roles and states
- BPDUs
- Convergence and reconvergence
- Configure and monitor STP and RSTP
- STP
- RSTP
Layer 2 Security
- Describe the concepts, benefits and operation of various protection and security features
- BPDU, loop and root protection
- Port security, including MAC limiting, DHCP snooping, Dynamic ARP inspection (DAI) and IP source guard
- Storm control
- Describe the concepts, benefits and operation of Layer 2 firewall filtres
- Filter types
- Processing order
- Match criteria and actions
- Configure and monitor Layer 2 security
- Protection
- Port security
- Storm control
- Firewall filter configuration and application
Protocol Independent Routing
- Describe the concepts, operation and functionality of various protocol-independent routing components
- Static, aggregate, and generated routes
- Martian addresses
- Routing instances, including RIB groups
- Load balancing
- Filter-based forwarding
- Configure and monitor various protocol-independent routing components
- Static, aggregate, and generated routes
- Load balancing
- Filter-based forwarding
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
- Explain the concepts, operation and functionality of OSPF
- Link-state database
- OSPF packet types
- Router ID
- Adjacencies and neighbors
- Designated router (DR) and backup designated router (BDR)
- OSPF area and router types
- LSA packet types
- Configure, monitor and troubleshoot OSPF
- Areas, interfaces and neighbors
- Additional basic options
- Routing policy application
- Troubleshooting tools
Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS)
- Explain the concepts, operation and functionality of IS-IS
- Link-state database
- IS-IS PDUs
- TLVs
- Adjacencies and neighbors
- Levels and areas
- Designated intermediate system (DIS)
- Metrics
- Configure, monitor and troubleshoot IS-IS
- Levels, interfaces and adjacencies
- Additional basic options
- Routing policy application
- Troubleshooting tools
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
- Explain the concepts, operation and functionality of BGP
- BGP basic operation
- BGP message types
- Attributes
- Route/path selection process
- IBGP and EBGP functionality and interaction
- Configure and monitor BGP
- Groups and peers
- Additional basic options
- Routing policy application
Tunnels
- Describe the concepts, requirements and functionality of IP tunneling
- Tunneling applications and considerations
- GRE
- IP-IP
- Configure and monitor IP tunnels
- GRE
- IP-IP
High Availability
- Describe the concepts, benefits, applications and requirements high availability in a Junos OS environment
- Link aggregation groups (LAG)
- Redundant trunk groups (RTG)
- Virtual Chassis
- Graceful restart (GR)
- Graceful Routing Engine switchover (GRES)
- Nonstop active routing (NSR)
- Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)
- Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
- Unified In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU)
- Configure and monitor high availability components
- LAG and RTG
- Virtual Chassis
- GR, GRES and NSR
- VRRP
- ISSU
